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1929 New York Yankees Photographic Snapshots Lot of 23 from Bill
Dickey Estate. The Hall of Fame catcher for the New York
Yankees was just a star-struck rookie when he went about snapping
photos of his teammates during pre-game warm-ups in the early years
of the original Yankee Stadium. While the mighty Babe Ruth is
absent from the cast of characters, all the other notables are
present, each identified in vintage ink. Pictured are Gehrig,
Lazzeri, Hoyt, Durocher, Dickey himself (the only photo lacking a
handwritten identifier), Pipgras, Shawkey, Zachary, Meusel, Koenig,
Durst, Paschal and even the bat boy and Ruth's lucky charm Eddie
Bennett. Each exhibits the remnants of scrapbook removal on verso,
but the 2.75x4.5" photos suffer no other flaws worth noting. Photos
are sharply focused and wonderfully evocative, offering a player's
eye view into baseball's Golden Age.